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Same values since 1897. Today, with a new voice.
We have so much to tell, and today we start to do it with a new voice. With a completely redesigned brand, with social networks, with news and information to be discovered. We open another chapter in the journey of Confalonieri Matite. A story that began in the late nineteenth century in a small town surrounded by the Alps and grew step by step, developing make-up pencils for major Italian and foreign brands, without fear of experimenting with novelties and changing.
Yes, the novelties. There have been many over the years: for years we have been working to ensure that our products are increasingly sustainable, from the choice of raw material sources to the manufacturing processes in the company.
We have created organic and "green" lines, studying new formulas tailored to the needs of customers, always making our pencils in wood, with PEFC certification.
Using wood is a tradition for Confalonieri: we continue to do so, always renewing technologies and production systems, to obtain solutions suited to the needs of all customers. It is a tribute to the environment that surrounds us, in the heart of the Alps, but also to the history of the company.
It all started in Chiavenna in 1897, when a printing house was established, which soon became a prosperous and well-known business that also produced stationery. In 1969, Elisabetta Gallese – mother of current CEO Luca Confalonieri – decided on the first change: she started producing make-up pencils, an idea inspired by the new lifestyle that was taking hold in Italy at the time. It was a successful idea right from the start: from the small town just a stone's throw from the Swiss border, the cosmetic pencils created by "Donna Elisabetta" – as everyone in town called her – reached every corner of Italy.
Then, under Luca's leadership, the company entered the world of cosmetics once and for all: the core business became the production of make-up pencils. Year after year we continue to renew raw materials, formulas, production processes, formats and colours, always ensuring high quality and complete customisation according to customer requirements: the strengths of a company that has grown over time without losing the craftsmanship of each product. And soon other lines and special solutions are coming, to continue to create day after day a touch of beauty, for everyone.
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Do Scientists Use Social Media to Influence the Judgments of Other Scientists?
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In response to our paper examining how scientists view the public, the media, and the political process, Roger Pielke Jr. of the University of Colorado offers several considerations worth noting.
Responding specifically to our discussion of the likely effect of blogs, Facebook, Twitter and other social media on how scientists view the nature of science-related political debates, Pielke writes:
…certainly worthy of further study is the way in which scientists and members of the public establish informal collaborations via social media such as blogs to intimidate or make uncomfortable those who would express challenging views. As is the case with respect to the public, the media and the political process most attention has been paid on how these groups affect the work of scientists (e.g., the entire issue of "scientific integrity" is about outside interference in the work of government scientists), which is certainly a very important topic. By contrast, very little scholarly attention (that I am aware of) has been focused on how scientists engage with the public, the media and the political process in an effort to enforce within the scientific community a particular political agenda (or a view of science perceived to be consistent with that agenda).
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Faith, Relationships, and Young People
A website for Young People, Professionals, and people of every Faith Community
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The content across our website is currently being checked over. We strive to provide information that is up to date, correct and inclusive of all young people. If we haven't quite gotten there yet and you see anything that needs updating please do let us know through our 'Questions' page.
Want help to discover who you are? Want to know more about your body? Search through the My Self pages to learn more about puberty, self-image, media pressure and discover who you really are.
What does your faith mean to you? What does your religion say about sex? Relationships? Same-sex relationships? Find out more about your faith and what it says about the important topics.
My Relationships
Is it love or infatuation? Am I ready to have sex? What about marriage?Every relationship is different so read through the Relationships pages and find out for yourself the answer to those tricky questions.
The Faith, Relationships and Young People (FRYP) website is here to empower young people to be true to themselves as young people of faith. We hope that the information and support that this website provides can help young people make intelligent and spiritually sensitive choices about relationships and sex.
FRYP is run by Alternatives Trust East London (Charity No: 1103724) The Alternatives' education team delivers faith-sensitive Relationship and Sex Education in local schools, colleges and youth settings. Alternatives was founded in 1994 as a professional and confidential service to anyone experiencing unintended pregnancy, pregnancy loss following an abortion or a miscarriage, or struggling because of a pregnancy-related issue..
FRYP was developed by the NewISH (Newham Interfaith Sexual Health) Forum, which began its work in 2008 and consists of service providers, education professionals, local council representatives, and faith and voluntary groups.


Just a short time ago I read Danielle R. Mani's first book, The Divine One. I liked it so much that I delved right into her second book, The Divine Heart.
Equally as impressive as the first, The Divine Heart tells of a teen named Elle who undergoes a heart transplant in order to stay alive. She is not lost on the fact that someone else had to die in order for her to live. Elle learns that the girl's name was Cas and she wasn't much older. Very shortly after the transplant, Elle starts having strange feelings and hearing voices. To help in her rehabilitation process, Elle beings yoga and other holistic approaches in the hopes of healing. The instructor - an "odd duck" - happens to be her doctor's mother. Cas starts leaving clues to Elle that end up rocking Elle's world. Thankfully, Elle has the help of her best friend, Rob, to help her unlock the secrets.
The way that the story panned out was well-written and even had a couple turn of events I wasn't expecting. The narrative flowed quickly and, I must say, Danielle R. Mani has proven herself to be a great author of the supernatural genre.


John Freeman's first poetry collection charts the impact of place on human experience. In Beirut, Rio de Janeiro, Paris, Rome, and the foothills of a childhood hometown, Freeman navigates legacies of ruin and construction, illness and memory. Warm, mournful, and distinctly urban, Maps offers a compassionate perspective from the experience of one American embroiled in empire.
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John Freeman is an American writer and literary critic. A graduate of Swarthmore College, Freeman is the editor of Freeman's, a literary biannual, and author of two books of nonfiction, The Tyranny of E-mail and How to Read a Novelist. He has also edited two anthologies of writing on inequality, Tales of Two Cities and Tales of Two Americas. The former editor of Granta, he lives in New York, where he teaches at The New School and is writer-in-residence at New York University. The executive editor at LitHub, he has published poems in Zyzzyva, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and The Nation. His work has been translated into more than twenty languages.


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DevOps: A Pillar of Modern IT Infrastructure
A massive transformation is underway in the way we manage IT infrastructure. More companies are looking for improved agility and flexibility. They are moving from traditional server stacks to cloudy infrastructure to support a new array of applications and services that must be delivered at breakneck pace in order to remain competitive.
This transition is as much about people as it is about technology. In traditional data centers there are different IT departments specialized in different pieces -- networking, storage, database, and so on. These silos operate independently. Provisioning new systems is a challenging and time-consuming task.
The adoption of cloud-based, software-defined technologies requires a much tighter collaboration between these silos. When a company needs to spin up 100 new systems in under a minute, they can't afford 10 different departments talking to each other to provision it. They need it now. To achieve this scale and speed, they need to break the silos. And that's exactly what has happened, giving rise to a new culture and set of IT practices called DevOps that blur the traditional line between developers and operations.
Who are DevOps pros?
DevOps is the emerging process and mindset for managing modern, cloud-based infrastructure that is gaining mainstream adoption. It's the blending of development and operational needs to create maximum business agility, says Amit Nyar, Vice President of Engineering at Media Temple, a web hosting and cloud hosting provider.
DevOps professionals are the developers who also have the expertise of sysadmins and vice versa; they know all those components needed for operations -- from networking, database, storage to almost everything else. It's breaking down of those silos as seen in the traditional IT infrastructure, to incite tighter collaboration between "development" and "operations," leading to the term DevOps. DevOps professionals are jacks of all trades and master of some.
Some of the core skillsets expected from DevOps professionals include the complete understanding of building, deploying, monitoring, and managing of the production and development environment.
To get a picture of the skillsets that big companies are looking for, I went through dozens of DevOps jobs opening at big companies like Boeing, Capital One, Booz Allen, Red Hat, Geico, Apple, etc. I found certain "desired" skills and knowledge common in all those job openings:
Strong experience with provisioning and deployment toolchains such as Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Salt, Docker, Heroku Buildpacks, etc.
Containers and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker, Docker Swarm)
Continuous integration and test automation tools (Travis CI, Jenkins, etc.)
Cloud and virtualization technologies: AWS, Azure, VMware, KVM, zones/containers, Vagrant, Docker
System monitoring experience with tools such as Nagios, Sensu, etc.
Scripting language proficiency such as Perl, Python, and Ruby
Experience building dev, test, and production environments in public cloud
Experience in configuration management and source code control tools and setting up continuous build environments
Experience with the Hashicorp tools (Vagrant, Vault, Packer, etc.)
Experience with networking services and SDN
Good understanding of network theory, such as different protocols (TCP/IP, UDP, ICMP, etc), MAC addresses, IP packets, DNS, OSI layers, and load balancing)
Strong working knowledge of Linux operating systems, their underlying components, system statistics, performance tuning, filesystems, and I/O.
Problem solving, doing whatever it takes -- ability and attitude.
In a nutshell, DevOps pros are doing almost everything around key areas -- automation, building, testing, deploying, monitoring, and managing the production and development environment.
"With more of the industry supporting cloud-like infrastructures -- including running virtualized platforms on in-house data centers -- it is critical for engineers to understand how things connect and the constraints involved in running these services and applications," said Mike Fiedler, Director of Technical Operations at DataDog, provider of SaaS-based monitoring and analytics platform.
The DevOps movement is not just about the technical skillset, however. "DevOps is as much a mindset as it is a skillset," Nyar said. The collapse of silos has certainly brought a shift in skillset -- the line between operations and developers is blurry now.
But, as Nyar said, it's not just about skillset. Those job openings show that organizations are looking at their infrastructure as a whole, breaking the traditional silos, barriers that separated developers and operations.
Rise of DevOps
Modern infrastructures are predominantly being designed to be defined by code to ensure repeatable, programmable deployments, and this trend is an impetus for requiring the hybrid DevOps mindset and skillset, according to Nyar.
DevOps and cloud native applications are creating infrastructure as a code that can be described in a yaml file. This has interesting side effects. It's liberating for sysadmins who don't have to worry about provisioning and managing individual pieces of infrastructure, such as virtual machines, firewalls, etc. All of that is moved to the developer side of the house. It's also liberating for developers who no longer are dealing with the operations side of things.
"They define the need through the file, abstracting out infrastructure -- describing it all in a file and requests through APIs," said Amar Kapadia, Sr. Director Product Marketing at Mirantis.
The result is that structural changes cannot take place independently of operational changes. If you want a modern infrastructure, you must adopt DevOps practices. DevOps professionals are the ones who enable a company to deliver applications and services more efficiently and cost effectively.
"Modern infrastructure is synonymous with DevOps," said Thomas Hatch, creator of the popular Salt configuration management tool and CTO of SaltStack.
New game, new challenges
Deploying modern infrastructure is challenging. As more companies embrace modern IT infrastructure, there is an advantage to adopting DevOps culture; they have to transform or replace existing independent silos into a more coherent group of IT professionals. Part of adopting DevOps, Nyar says, is moving your culture to a DevOps mindset first and finding common agreement between development and operations.
The biggest challenge for these companies is breaking old habits and challenging the status quo. To make this shift, companies must hire people with experience in the DevOps culture and toolset, but they also must train their existing staff on DevOps concepts, Nyar said. This can be an easy task for a smaller company, but the bigger the company, the harder it becomes. In either case, the increasing demand for DevOps professionals can strain employees and HR departments, alike.
Different companies use different approaches
Companies are very diverse in how they run their operations. They have different business and digital requirements, and they are using different approaches to adapt to the growing need for cross-team collaboration. "Every organization is adopting the DevOps mindset in a very different way," said Hatch.
One approach is to identify developers and sysadmins who are willing to learn more about tasks outside of their current job profile. It's not just the companies looking for new skillsets; systems and software engineers are going through the same phase. They are aware of the changing dynamics, and they are aware of the risks of not adapting to new opportunities. It's not really hard to find developers interested in learning more about the systems that run the applications they developed. Companies can identify such talent and encourage them to level up and acquire the knowledge needed to support their services. "The same applies for sysadmins who are looking to learn more about development," said Fiedler.
Some companies take a different approach and cross-pollinate devs and operations. You can embed a sysadmin with the dev team so the team gets the domain-specific expertise. The sysadmin is then more involved in the dev cycle, aware of design decisions that can have impact later on. Additionally, "developers benefit from having someone readily accessible to help them understand some of the system-level constraints and greater architecture," said Fielder.
Either way, the transformation requires a strong leader to focus on creating a culture shift by training and reorganizing new teams. "One place where companies making the transition to DevOps are hiring most is leadership to drive the transformation (VP level)," said Kapadia. "They are hired to own the transformation."
The bottom line is that organizations can't afford to ignore this cultural change.
"The transition from traditional dev and ops practices to coordinated, agile DevOps has been slow, but each organization has to move at an appropriate pace," said Hatch. "Fear of missing out and competitive pressure has helped to accelerate adoption, as the benefits of DevOps can be obvious and markets move so quickly these days."
The benefits of DevOps are being demonstrated by web-scale companies like Amazon, Facebook, and Google. Everyone seems to be in the hunt for GIFEE (Google-style Infrastructure For Everyone Else). But, change is hard and for some impossible.
In response, DevOps pros are fond of quoting noted statistician and champion of the lean manufacturing movement, W. Edwards Deming, who famously said, "It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory."
Source: https://www.linux.com/news/devops-pillar-modern-it-infrastructure
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Some early thoughts on the CBGB movie
The "CBGB" biopic makes its U.S. premiere tonight at the Sunshine as part of the CBGB Music and Film Festival. (The movie opens Friday in theaters.)
So far, some of the reviews of the movie starring Alan Rickman as CBGB founder Hilly Kristal haven't been so kind, putting it mildly. (To date, there are four "rotten" reviews over at Rotten Tomatoes.)
At the Voice, Brian McManus turns in a review accompanied by the headline "The Year Punk Bored: CBGB Could've Been Good But..." He writes that the film is "a mostly turgid, boring-as-hell, campy slog that gets more wrong than right."
The story of Hilly's historic club is, of course, well-trodden, but likely unknown by many more familiar with the famous logo than the fact that it's the place The Ramones were first given a platform. CBGB misses the opportunity to educate. But its biggest sin, unlike many who performed there, is that it also misses the opportunity to entertain.
At the Daily News, veteran music writer Jim Farber tries to be diplomatic. He points out the movie's much-discussed historical inaccuracies, such as Patti Smith performing "Because the Night" at least three years before it was written.
The film is a poorly written, clumsily acted mess.
Yet, in the end, it did my heart good to see it. I thrilled to every fast reference to long-lost and beloved acts like the Mumps, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, and the Tuff Darts. More, it was warming to see any depiction of the obliterated New York of old, no matter how vaguely rendered. If, in the end, the movie gets nowhere near its core mission of bringing back punk's essential passion, it delivers its putrid outlines with loving accuracy.
The most savage review came last Monday via Marc Campbell, the vocalist for the Nails, in a post at Dangerous Minds titled "If You Thought CBGB's Bathrooms Were Full of Shit Check Out the Movie."
Among his many grenades:
• "CBGB really really sucks shit."
• "Fortunately, I can't imagine CBGB finding an audience willing to spend a dime on this glob of pustulating spit."
• "From a hectoring, shrewish Patti Smith ... to a pathetically sexless Iggy Pop or Lou Reed, looking like a cross between Eminem and the Pillsbury Doughboy, or the tight-ass actress playing Debbie Harry with absolutely no feel for the delightfully clunky, self-aware, sex-kitten charm of the Bowery's platinum blondie, this movie manages to suck all of the rock 'n' roll magic out of every single performer it supposedly celebrates."
The review prompted positive responses about the film in the comments from Dead Boys guitarist Cheetah Chrome and founding Television guitarist Richard Lloyd. (Spin covered that here.)
And here's a closing thought about trying to capture all this via a piece on the film in The New York Times yesterday:
"It's virtually impossible to capture a Hollywood version of punk," said Handsome Dick Manitoba, the frontman for the original punk band the Dictators and the owner of a punk bar, Manitoba's, in the East Village who also works as a satellite-radio D.J. "The only way to do it is with a documentary."
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vzabuser said...
I you ever saw "24 Hour Party People" they successfully combined dramatization with documentary. Great idea- worked for this doc about Factory Records, UK.
CBGB the movie is a cartoon, and that's about the most the American mainstream audience can handle. They're also not interested in the reality of Rock, but they'll glad eat up the myth of it.
esquared™ said...
It's fitting that this will premiere at Landmark Sunshine Cinema, since this will be a midnight showing soon, alongside The Room, and maybe a quadruple feature with The Canyons and Sharknado, a few y̶e̶a̶r̶s̶ m̶o̶n̶t̶h̶s̶ weeks from now.
[And yes to "24 Hour Party People", or on how I learned the story behind New Order's 12" Blue Monday record and its sleeve (best selling 12" record of all time, but lost money on each copy sold).]
As for CBGB the b̶i̶o̶p̶i̶c̶ Disney movie, this will be a hit to those who enjoyed The Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibition "Punk: Chaos to Couture".
g whiz said...
This movie is the equivalent children's book about punk. Look at the weird long haired Ramones and beautiful princess Debbie and the weird Talking Heads and the mischievious Dead Boys. A pop up book would have been better.
Didn't these people see "Studio 54"? probably not.
Scooby said...
Saw this last night. Don't really know what to make of it - kinda stunned at how it missed and intrigued at how it tried to explain and give insight. Overall I'd say it was just a modern film in the benign style of modern films - which I guess if you look at the shit that is in the theaters at any time - is just shit.
I did spend time - a good amount of time - at CBs. Spoke with Hilly (great man with a great comforting, wounded persona when I met him), knew some of the door people - explored the place when it was empty the day of the last hardcore matinee. Those walls SPOKE to me - an amazing experience. Was in there from 11AM that day til closing - just soaking it up and enjoying every minute of it.
The film representation was empty Hollywood (and I saw it on Sunset in Hollywood) - the actors, who I don't know if they tried to actually act like the characters they were portraying (David Byrne and the Ramones were the most decent portrayals - kinda) - were just lifeless and pathetic. Faked NY accents REALLY bother me - and they were obvious and omnipresent. Filmed in Georgia with a wrong sidewalk (just fuckin' ODD, sorry) - the light and whole set just didn't pop. The NY footage woven in was sweet.
Whatever - it was some degree of entertainment - I didn't think it was gonna be much and it was just that...
R.I.P. Hilly, CBGB, all the punks that left us...
Anyone pondering seeing this should just rent Rock 'n Roll High School instead. "Stick it where the monkey puts the nuts!"
No Karen!!!
No Dana!!!!!
Ashley Greene as Lisa!!!!!!!
Really!!!!!!!
The Philosophical Zombie said...
Actually it's "put it where the monkey puts the nuts."
Forget this malarky! You can see real people in the current NYC rock n roll scene right here
www.NYCROCKS.TV
Oh yeah, because everyone expected this movie to be genuine. Everything is just a cheap sacharin imitation these days.
Netflix And Chill said...
Yo guys, chill, it's now on Netflix streaming.
Cbgb lab and all festivals anything else related to it stolen by fed reptoid commie maggots who profit off of the stolen backs of real human freedom of expression


Sorry the strip's a bit late today, folks; I had some technical problems last night. But the strip's up now, and that hug that started in the previous strip is still going on! That's one awesome hug.
Hahahahaha… Jefbot's not a perv, just a geek! I love the third panel with you just standing there. Hysterical all around, bot! Great work on yet another amazing strip!
Hello… aracdes are way more fun than paint throwing girls! Love that Abraxas doesn't wan't anything to do with you now! Please… he's the smelly one!
but if you combine the arcade and the paint-throwing girls, you might just get two great tastes that taste great together, funnyshaffer!
great follow up strip to the last one.
and FYI, jefbot is a total perv.
Few things better than a good hug.
ha! i love how you put that, Foxmouse; wasn't that lesson covered in an after school special once?
Also, my first comment. Good job catching the essence of the nerd in humor form!
ooh, i used to love playing laser tag, Das Twig! been a while, though. glad you like the nerdy humor of the strip and thanks for the comment!
She enjoyed that hug, she was just putting up that "ol' brick wall". Another great one! And Abraxas was sooooo cute looking back and forth between the two of you. Gotta love the last panel. Awesomeness yet again!
email me if you don't get it by friday, DJ.
Poor JEFbot! You just can't get *any* love from the ladies (except, of course, Mombot) at all, can you?
Ah HA! I can see a budding nerd romance!
yeah, Abraxas wants no part of that game, Sonitan. heheh. he's content to just watch. and chances are that jefbot enjoyed the hug just as much as the new girl, but reacted just as poorly. maybe someday.
My auto response would have been, "Oh, sorry I was taken off gaurd by your beautifuly dark eyes". Then if in return she had smiled/blushed I'd have made conversation about what game I might see in this new arcade of her's.
very smooth, CheddarMan! jefbot may be less so, but if he wants to see the inside of that arcade, he'll find a way.
I can see how random girl-hugging can get you into trouble….!
Great strip man, this one had me literally laughing out loud.
is it just me or does the ferret have one eyebrow cocked in the last panel- as tho he doesn't believe jefbot's plaintive "i'm not a perv" cry. very funny.
Abraxas's eyebrow (as much as a ferret has eyebrows) is definitely cocked there, spiffy!
Hee, hee. Naw, I just watch a lot of Spongebob.
Yeah, you can interpret that however you want.
Hmmm. A comic strip with perfect timing. Awesome.


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Huge Inver Test for Table-toppers, Glentoran
Leaders of the pack, can McDermott's men stay resolute? We should get some clues tonight against the only team they haven't beaten...
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Patrick McClean (right) keeps a close eye on Lee Lynch, the last time the sides met at Inver Park earlier this season. The game ended 1-1.
Glentoran, relentless this season as part of the chasing pack, are out to underline their title credentials at Inver Park this evening (1945 hrs).
But will they be as consistent now they've hit the front?
After grabbing top position for the first time this season, they dropped points at struggling Portadown, their league leadership lasting not much more than 72 hours. And tonight provides an even stiffer test than the one presented at Shamrock Park ten days ago.
A term that keeps coming up just recently has been 'bounce-back-ability'. Larne boss, Tiernan Lynch has it in abundance.
When Lynch has looked under pressure, his charges have swiftly rallied back, cue their 3-2 New Year's Day success at The Oval, the 2-0 elimination of Linfield in the Irish Cup and County Antrim Shield glory over the same opposition. Each of those were achieved after setbacks.
Inconsistency leading to under-performance in the title race, continues to be Larne's enemy. However in a season where the least acceptable target is European qualification, they remain well-placed and fighting fit on two fronts. An Irish Cup quarter-final beckons against old-rivals, Ballymena, and they are certain to be involved in the end of season Conference League play-offs.
And there remains a slight chance of closing the gap on Linfield and Cliftonville for an automatic Euro place. Despite that looking a fading prospect it won't stop Larne, three home defeats in their last four, wanting to do well in front of their home fans against the table-toppers this evening.
Tiernan Lynch made a decisive, bold move during the January transfer window splashing the cash for Lee Bonis (2nd left). The former Ports man will face Glentoran for the first time as a Larne player this evening.
With a mantra of "one game at a time," Mick McDermott has banned title-talk at an ever more expectant Oval these days and will know how difficult this evening's task is. He's come up short against his counterpart this season. Glentoran are yet to best Larne in three attempts, with the Inver-men the only side to have beaten the resurgent Glens twice.
He'll also know that Linfield and Cliftonville remain too close for comfort and any slip-up will see each of the chasing clubs breathing down Glentoran necks ever more closely. Cliftonville, also in action this evening, are odds-on to win at Dungannon, and Linfield look an even greater certainty to increase Portadown relegation worries at the National Stadium tomorrow afternoon.
With 11 rounds remaining, there's sure to be more twists and turns in this title race. There aren't any easy games and it's so tight and competitive between the top three. Cliftonville play the best football, but Glentoran are the team that simply doesn't look like losing. And Linfield are of course, Linfield. The Blues can never be discounted.
Glentoran themselves have only occasionally looked breathtaking, but they've also developed the knack of edging close games and if necessary, winning ugly. Their last eight outings have been tight, all decided by one-goal margins apart from two draws. Five have been won and there was that solitary loss at home to tonight's opponent. That run included two meetings with Linfield and thrilling victories at Solitude and Seaview. Prior to that they won 8 on the bounce.
Both sides appear to have a clean bill of health, although Glentoran will have Joe Crowe missing from their panel after taking a red card while playing for the reserves on Monday.
It promises to be a tense affair which could attract Larne's biggest home crowd of the season. It's also Lee Bonis' first tilt at the Glens as a Larne player. And if he can repeat the form produced in despatching Linfield from the Irish Cup, it will be an edgy night for what has become the league's meanest defence.
Over the last 15 rounds, the Glens have conceded only nine goals... but three of those were in one game... against Larne!


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John Barth's novels include Once Upon a Time: A Floating Opera; The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor; Tidewater Tales; Sabbatical: A Romance; Giles Goat-Boy or, The Revised New Syllabus; and The Sot-Weed Factor. His two short story collections are On with the Story and Lost in the Funhouse.
Mr. Barth has written, "We tell stories and listen to them because we live stories and live in them. Narrative equals language equals life: To cease to narrate…is to die." Mr. Barth, who is professor emeritus at Johns Hopkins University, received the Lannan Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998.
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This can be a great project if you have kids. They'll enjoy the process of decorating their luggage and it will also make traveling easier.
You can buy letter stickers and use them to write your name on your bag, which can help identify it if it gets lost on your journey.
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Tie or stitch on fabric or ribbon. Stop by a local craft store and pick up some decorative ribbon or fabric. This can be stitched on to your luggage or you can tie ribbons around the zippers and handles. This can make luggage easy to spot in baggage claim.
If you see any sparkly fabric or ribbon, this can be a great choice as it's particularly noticeable.
Tie a neon bracelet to the handle. Many jewelry stores, especially those for younger people, carry bright neon bracelets. These can be secured to the handle of your bag, making it easy to spot in a crowded airport.
Opt for a bracelet that can be tightly wrapped around your luggage, as this will prevent it from breaking or falling off. Try a cloth, knit, or rubber bracelet, for example, over a plastic one. Old friendship bracelets can work great here.
If you have several bracelets wound around a luggage's handles, especially brightly colored one, this can really help your luggage stand out.
Opt for bright and noticeable personal tags. You can buy personal tags online or at some department stores. Look for personal tags that are a little more unique and noticeable. A brightly colored tag, or one with a unique design, can really make your luggage stand out at baggage claim.
In general, go for bigger luggage tags as well. These will be much easier to see.
You can also try a novelty tag. A novelty tag can be a tag personalized with your name or initials. You can also look for a funny tag, such as a tag shaped like a smiley face or emoji. Anything that's a little unusual or quirky can help your luggage stand out.
Personalize your luggage with unique patches. You can buy patches at many craft stores online and then stitch them onto your luggage. A variety of unique patches, including a patch with your initials, makes your luggage easy to notice.
You can use patches that reflect your personal taste and style. For example, if you're a horseback rider, have horse-related patches on your luggage.
Look for lanyards or zip ties. Lanyards and zip ties are often sold in department stores. You can use one to attach a laminated piece of paper with your personal information on it. This way, not only will the zip tie or lanyard make your luggage more noticeable, it can be helpful if your luggage gets lost.
Include a copy of your itinerary in your luggage. If your luggage gets lost, having a copy of your itinerary somewhere inside can help. Airport workers can figure out where your luggage was supposed to end up in the event it went to the wrong destination.
Photograph your bags and their contents. Make sure to take photographic evidence of everything in your bag. You may need to recall the contents of your bag to airport workers to help them locate it in the event it gets lost.
Make sure your bag has ID tags inside and out. Keep ID outside your bag in clear view, but make sure to keep ID tags inside as well. In the event an external ID tag falls, having a backup inside can help your bag find its way back to you if it gets lost.
Can I paint a suitcase?
Yes, many types of paint including spray paint and acrylic can be used on a suitcase. If you have a hard suitcase, it may wear off over time and the paint will likely need a finish over it, which you can buy at a local craft store (or even Walmart) for under $5.
I am flying to the U.S. Do I need a lock and key for my case?
It is advisable. It is always a good idea to keep your luggage secure when travelling anywhere.
Could I put a bright t-shirt over my bag to make it stand out?
Yes. Just make sure the shirt will not fall off or have loose parts hanging from the sides.
Is it okay to put my surname on my luggage when flying?
Decorate your luggage while you have time. Do not wait until the morning before you depart for your trip.
It can help to buy noticeable luggage as well. Look for a suitcase with a unique design or one that comes in a bright color.
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Posted by Nick Tylwalk | Feb 13, 2006
With Raw pre-empted here in the United States tonight by the Westminster Dog Show, I'll be tuning in to watch the Winter Olympics. I've always looked forward to Olympic years, but the winter Games have always been my favorites for two reasons: hockey and the chance to see some sports that have low profiles here in the U.S. Curling, anyone?
Sadly, not everyone here shares my passion. That's especially true this year, when some industry experts are expecting NBC's Olympic coverage to take ratings losses to things like Desperate Housewives, Survivor, and for all I know, the aforementioned Dog Show. When you're NBC and you've spent ten digits to get the broadcast rights, that just won't do.
Thanks to the SLAM! Wrestling crystal ball (patent pending), I can look into the future to find a way to add some spark to the next Winter Games. All I have to do is keep my tongue firmly in my cheek and the orb will show me what will unfold over the next four years. Check it out:
June 2008 – Surprising most members of the traditional sports media, the International Olympic Committee votes to add professional wrestling to the 2010 Winter Olympics, citing the sport's popularity in the host nation of Canada. Cynics suggest it was the work of NBC, which has ridden the latest up cycle in wrestling's popularity to take first place in the network ratings on the strength of Thursday Night's Main Event. Others think the rumors of Candice Michelle and Lita "persuading" some IOC members to vote for wrestling might have some truth to them. Vince McMahon dismisses the critics in his usual fashion, pointing out that since figure skating went to an American Idol-style fan vote to decide its outcomes starting at the 2007 World Championships, a sport with scripted outcomes is the next logical step for the Games.
December 2008 – Fans rejoice as Bret Hart is named the General Manager of Team Canada's pro wrestling effort. Meanwhile, the WWE posts on HotJobs.com searching for a GM for Team USA. It's believed to be the first ever Olympic GM search requiring at least three years of professional television writing experience.
March 2009 – Team USA GM Joss Whedon names Triple H team captain, touching off angry podcasts on iPod SuperUltraMegas everywhere. The Game approaches obvious candidate Kurt Angle about joining the team, but Angle quits the WWE in disgust since his gimmick as the only true Olympic hero in the federation is about to go up in flames. Bret Hart convinces Chris Jericho to make a triumphant return as captain of Team Canada after Fozzy's latest effort sells only 57 downloads.
August 2009 – Final pro wrestling rosters are turned in for Vancouver. Conspiracy theorists are once again up in arms when no talent from either super popular TNA or newcomer TCW (a.k.a. Turner Championship Wrestling) is chosen for any country. Sports journalists, resigning themselves to a "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" attitude, pick the U.S. and Canada as medal favorites with Japan and Mexico as scrappy contenders. WWE writers are unwilling to give Kane an actual place of birth for fear of ruining his gimmick and the Big Red Machine is forced to sit out the Games.
January 2010 – With the Games only a month away, Team USA faces a crisis when team captain Triple H tests positive for YJStinger during the random pre-Olympic drug tests. The flap ends up becoming a non-issue when officials reveal that the beverage is not on the banned substances list because no one, including the manufacturers, actually know what's in the stuff. In other news, NBC announces its broadcast teams, with surprises coming in the form of Tazz hosting weekday studio coverage and Jerry "The King" Lawler replacing the late Dick Button as figure skating color commentator. Even more surprising is the addition of Maria to the luge announce team. "These guys slide really fast," she giggles.
February 12, 2010 – The decision to add wrestling to the Olympics pays immediate dividends when the opening ceremonies enjoy their highest ratings ever, thanks largely to Edge regaining the heel heat he hasn't had for years by using a steel chair to steal the Olympic torch. John Cena finally gets over with all WWE fans by getting the torch back and handing it over to Sidney Crosby, who lights the Olympic flame.
February 14, 2010 – With men's competition saved for the second week, pro wrestling kicks off with women's matches. Unfortunately, the WWE hasn't trained any women's wrestlers for years, so Trish Stratus is forced to wrestle the winner of Diva Search VI repeatedly during all of her preliminary bouts. Elsewhere, Paul Wight stuns the world as a last-minute replacement in pairs figure skating and helps his partner pull off the world's first (and likely last) throw quintuple axle. They still finish the short program in fifth place, trailing two Russian and two Chinese pairs.
February 18, 2010 – Official Olympic consultant Steve Austin decides to spice up the women's final by making it a bra and panties match. NBC is forced to shift the match to late night, where studio host Jim Lampley reaches an excitement level not heard since the glory days of his boxing commentary on HBO.
February 20, 2010 – The Dudley Boyz, the only athletes ever to represent Dudleyville at the Games, win the tag team gold medals with ease. Alas, even at the Olympics, the Spanish announce table doesn't survive the evening. As the men's preliminary matches get underway, a Russian wrestler scores a surprising victory over Randy Orton by working the match as a shoot, saying later through a translator that he "just wanted to prove those annoying internet fans wrong." The IOC decides his actions are contrary to the spirit of the Games and have his victory thrown out.
February 24, 2010 – Another day, another Olympic first. The men's heavyweight quarterfinals make history when they feature the first event at the Games with a special guest referee in the form of Mick Foley. Mr. Socko embodies the Olympic spirit, sporting the five rings on his shirt.
February 27, 2010 – The Vancouver Games are coming to a close, and the men's heavyweight final is one of the last events on the schedule. Batista is supposed to face Rey Mysterio, who has already claimed the cruiserweight gold and overcome the hardest possible draw to get to the heavyweight gold medal match. But something is different about Rey today. He looks bigger, and, well, less Mexican. The match goes on anyway, and suspicions are confirmed when Batista is forced to tap out to a familiar looking Ankle Lock. Turns out that the whole quitting deal was a work, as "Rey" unmasks to reveal that he is actually Kurt Angle is disguise. Realizing that they have no policy on masked athletes, the IOC allows Angle's victory to register toward the American medal count.
February 28, 2010 – As the 2010 Olympics draw to a close with the closing ceremonies, Vince McMahon parties with pleased NBC executives. When IOC president Jacques Rogge stops by, McMahon hits him with his brainstorm for the 2014 Games. Two words: bikini biathlon!
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Nick Tylwalk has been typing words about pro wrestling since the late '90s, getting his start when the original SLAM! Wrestling site gave him his first opportunity to be paid for writing about anything. That inspired loyalty, so while Nick's day jobs have varied, writing for SLAM! Wrestling has been the constant. A fitted hat and combat sports enthusiast, he lives in Central Pennsylvania with his wife and two children.
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It is more or less a common household item today, but once it was the storied goal and subject of the most significant and secretive project in the history of the United States. Both Allied and Axis parties raced to be the first to develop it, knowing its tactical superiority would all but guarantee victory in the worldwide conflagration known as World War II.
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Throughout history, warriors have been continually plagued by sudden downpours of liquid H2O. Falling rain produced slippery terrain for fighting, uncertain handling of spears and bayonets, and profoundly bad hair days. In 480 BC, the Persian army overran the fabled 300 Spartans when an unexpected shower sent 283 Spartans off to their stylists for emergency blow drys, leaving only 17 bald Spartans at Thermopylae on the defense.
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So devastating to the art of warfare was rainfall that great military leaders have often decried its awesome and destructive power:
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"Rain, rain, go away, and bring me a whiskey fast!" General Ulysses S. Grant
"Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes. Oh crap, just fire!" Colonel William Prescott
Rain continued to disrupt warfare into the 20th Century, greatly impacting the trench warfare of World War I as the unprotected battlefront trenches filled up with water like the pool at Jay Z's house. As the Second World War began, Hitler declared development of an effective rain repelment system the Number 1 priority of the Third Reich, along with a pair of convincing mustache extenders for his overly close cropped mustache.
The rain repelment race was on!
Enamored with new concepts of rain repelment, brilliant research scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer secured a meeting with President Franklin Roosevelt. President Roosevelt's initial reluctance to fund the project was thwarted when a sudden downpour rusted his cigarette holder and extinguished his Lucky Strike. The highly secretive initiative then established came to be called "The Manhattan Project" because the President liked to drink those as well as smoke Lucky Strike.
Next, vast sums of money were appropriated and the best minds in America, some actually attached to bodies, were recruited to devise a method to avert raindrops, now referred to as an "umbrella." However, initial prototypes with goose feathers, fishnet stockings, and aldente spaghetti stretched over a metal frame proved unsatisfactory. Hopes dampened, along with the volunteer troops standing under the prototypes.
Then Oppenheimer hit upon the dazzlingly innovative concept of stretching canvas over the metal frame. Six months later when he determined the canvas should slope downward instead of upward - which had caused the canvas to fill up with water like the pool at Jay Z's house - the umbrella was born.
The modern era of warfare debuted on D-Day, the 6th of June,1944, when thousands of Allied troops stormed the Normandy Beaches in France, each one clutching a flowery pink umbrella with tassels. The color and styling of the new invention had yet to be worked out, but the dispirited and soggy Nazis quickly surrendered to the cool, calm, and dry as a Martini (which the President also liked) Allied forces.
In honor of J. Robert Oppenheimer's great achievement, the phrase "oppening an umbrella" was coined and remains in popular usage today. Sometimes it appears as "opening an
umbrella."
But why is his great discovery called an umbrella?
No clue.
Posted by Perry Block at 2:41 PM
Labels: Franklin Roosevelt, historical parody, humor, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Manhattan Project, satire, umbrella, World War I, World War II
Russell said...
And I thought they were only useful for decorating tropical drinks. I hope to be able to afford one someday--a tropical drink, that is.
Perry Block said...
That use came later, along with Gene Kelly dancing with one. It's amazing how far a product can come in just 70 some years. I sure wish I had thought of it, it seems so simple! Oh, here's a tropical drink, Russell ...
Very informative, but I wonder, which came first: the umbrella or galoshes? Sadly, no one ever writes about galoshes. They're the water-repellent stepchildren of the accessory world.
Galoshes? What are galoshes? Are you from the future or something?!
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of my Microsoft Money 2003 CD to my hard drive. My CD is "in a safe place"
which I can not find for the life of me.
corrupt". I do not have the AUTORUN.INF file in my directory.
the content of the AUTORUN.INF file so I can create it for reinstallation?


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Der Great Chazy River ist ein Zufluss des Lake Champlain im Clinton County des US-Bundesstaats New York.

Der Great Chazy River hat seinen Ursprung im Chazy Lake in den nordöstlichen Ausläufern der Adirondack Mountains. Von dort fließt er in nordnordöstlicher Richtung. Er durchfließt den Miner Lake im gleichnamigen State Park. Anschließend passiert der Great Chazy River den Ort Altona. Bei Mooers Fork mündet der North Branch Great Chazy River linksseitig in den Fluss. Nun wendet sich der Great Chazy River nach Osten und fließt an Mooers und in Champlain weniger als einen Kilometer entfernt von der Grenze zwischen Kanada und den Vereinigten Staaten vorbei, bevor er die King Bay am Westufer des Lake Champlain erreicht und in diesen mündet. Der Great Chazy River hat eine Länge von etwa 70 km.

Einzelnachweise

Clinton County (New York)
Gewässer in den Adirondack Mountains

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Closing his eyes,he drifted back to the time when he was 12 and he had decided at the last moment to enter a mile race at an allcomers track meet in La Grande,even though he had never run a mile in competition before.With the searing pain in his chest,he kept running until he won the race.Paul could still remember his father's pride when he showed him the blue ribbon.From then on he ran.His parents were behind him all the way,proudly displaying his many medals.They knew their son was no quitter.
No,I can't quit now-not when the finish line is so close,Oaul said to himself.Rising to a sitting position,he reaced as high as possible,found a grip and tumbled onto the wet bank of the creek.As he leaned into the icy water and drank,he noticed the water turning red as blood poured from his mouth and trailed downstream.
Growing cold,he forced imself to think of a plan.I've got to get to my cell phone in the truck and call for help,he thought.It's my only chance.First,though,he'd have to turn around,climb back up the hullside,away from the amp chill of the creek,and find a palace to spend the night.
So back Paul went,struggling again over the tree teunks.Then,in a seated position,he pushed himself up the steep slope a few inches at a time.Soaked with blood,sweat and mud,his damp T-shirt and thin camouflage pants were scant protecition against the evening chill.


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I know I say this all the time, but truly, WHERE HAS THE TIME GONE? I can't believe this little boy is already 2!
Febrile convulsions are never easy to witness, no matter how "prepared" you may think you are. If you've been following my blog, you may know that Amy has had two febrile convulsions. Well, last month, Alistair had his first febrile fit.
So… Life with two kids. How is it? Definitely looks nice and fun on Instagram. But what is it like exactly?
I rushed home from work because Alistair had refused bottle and was now hungry and crying for milk. But the moment I parked my car and got out, Amy greeted me at the door, jumping and shouting "Mama's home!!! Mama!!!!" Then she promptly took some toys and asked me to play with her. But Alistair was crying. And hungry. I had to tell her, "Mama needs to feed Alistair first OK?" and looked as her face fell. My heart ached.
Since Alistair is still an infant, he sleeps all the time. Now he has a bit more awake time, but normally it lasts about an hour or so only, and half of that usually goes to feeding time. So any time to play with him is precious. Finally, he was awake. I really wanted to play with him, so I walked over to his cot and carried him up. The moment she saw me walk over, Amy said, "Mama come sit down and play Lego with me." I told her, OK, let's play together with Alistair. She had the most innocent expression on her face as she pointed to the cot, "Mama put baby Alistair down. Mama put baby Alistair down here in the cot." My heart was torn.
It was bedtime. I was tucking Amy in and telling her bedtime stories, but suddenly my father-in-law came up to tell me that Alistair was crying for milk already. So, I had to leave Amy to feed him. Amy cried and cried and cried. My heart broke.
It was bedtime. I was tucking Amy in and telling her bedtime stories. Again, Alistair started crying for milk before Amy fell asleep. I told her I needed to go downstairs to feed Alistair, and she could choose to sleep with papa or yeh yeh (grandpa) first. She said, "Um… Papa! OK mama go down. Mama go down feed Alistair." My heart warmed.
We took the kids out for a meal and did a little shopping together. It was chaotic. Madness. Tiring. But at the end of the day, the hubby and I looked at each other and said, "That is parenthood!" Our hearts were blessed.
We took the kids out for a meal with friends. It was strangely peaceful. Amy behaved so well throughout the dinner. Alistair slept through. The hubby and I looked at each other and said, "Wow. Unbelievable." Thank You God.
I had finally rocked Alistair to sleep! My arms and back were starting to hurt because I had been carrying him for almost two hours. But now, he was finally sleeping! I put him down and sat myself down on the couch, ready to rest a little. Then Amy threw her toys down. Or laughed super loudly at 'Angry Birds'. Or threw a tantrum. And Alistair woke up. And I had to do it all over again.
Alistair had finished feeding, so I was carrying him and trying to burp him. I also took the chance (as always) to smell him and kiss him and enjoy him. Then, suddenly, Amy fell down from the couch and landed on the floor. She cried in pain. I was shocked and quickly put Alistair down in the cot so that I could attend to Amy. Alistair was shocked, and cried. I now had two crying babies.
Alistair was chilling by himself in the cot, staring and talking to the ceiling fan. Amy was playing by herself nearby, with toys and books. I was relaxing by myself with my drink and book. This might only last for 5 minutes, but it was bliss anyhow.
Life was all about schedules. When to feed Alistair, when to feed Amy, when to cut Alistair's nails, when to cut Amy's nails, when to bathe Alistair, when to shower Amy, when to wash the bottles, when to shower myself, when to take Amy up for nap, when to change their diapers, etc.
Amy asked me to tell her stories, and I said, "Why don't you tell Alistair stories?" She promptly turned to Alistair who was in the cot, and told him her own made-up stories.
That was actually the story I told her and she could recite it totally now. Sometimes she would replace Mr Sun with TV. Or Monkey. Or whatever she fancied at that moment.
Life with two kids is definitely a handful. When the days get crazy, I'll take a deep breath and remind myself to take one hour at a time (haha). But most of the time, I find myself smiling at the both of them, and giving thanks to God for blessing me with these two little munchkins.


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What is Innovation
John Seely Brown
John Seely Brown - Participant
John Seely Brown (JSB) was the Chief Scientist of Xerox Corporation until April 2002 as well as the director of the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) until June 2000. A master integrator and instigator of productive friction, JSB explores the whitespace between disciplines and builds bridges between disparate organizations and ideas. In his more than two decades at PARC, Brown transformed the organization into a truly multidisciplinary research center at the creative edge of applied technology and design, integrating social sciences and arts into the traditional physics and computer science research and expanding the role of corporate research to include topics such as the management of radical innovation, organizational learning, complex adaptive systems, and nano-technologies. JSB is currently the Independent Co-Chairman for Deloitte's Center for the Edge where he pursues research on institutional innovation and a reimagined work environment built on digital culture, ubiquitous computing, and the need for constant learning and adaptability. JSB is also currently a visiting scholar and advisor to the Provost at the University of Southern California (USC) where he facilitates collaboration between the schools for Communication and Media and the Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT). He co-founded the Institute for Research on Learning (IRL). His personal research interests include digital youth culture, digital media, and the application of technology to fundamentally rethink the nature of work and institutional architectures in order to enable deep learning across organizational boundaries—in brief, to design for emergence in a constantly changing world.
JSB is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Education, a Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence. He serves on numerous private and public boards of directors, and has been a trustee for nonprofits including the MacArthur Foundation and In-Q-tel. In addition to publishing over 100 papers in scientific journals, JSB has authored numerous articles and reports spanning business strategy and management issues. He was awarded the Harvard Business Review's 1991 McKinsey Award for his article "Research that Reinvents the Corporation" and again in 2002 for his article (with John Hagel) "Your Next IT Strategy." In 1997 he edited the book Seeing Differently: Insights on Innovation (Harvard Business Review Books, 1997) about how new organizational structures, technologies, and global perspectives could change the way innovation occurs. He co-authored (with Paul Duguid) the acclaimed book The Social Life of Information (HBS Press, 2000), which has been translated into 10 languages with a second edition in April 2002. With John Hagel, he co-authored the books The Only Sustainable Edge about new forms of collaborative innovation and The Power of Pull: how small moves, smartly made can set big things in motion, published April 2010. The New Culture of Learning, co-authored with Doug Thomas at the University of Southern California, was released January 2011. His current book, Design Unbound - design for emergency in a white water world, co-authored with Ann Pendleton-Jullian is published by MIT Press.
JSB received a BA from Brown University in 1962 in mathematics and physics and a PhD from the University of Michigan in 1970 in computer and communication sciences. His nine honorary degrees reflect the breadth and diversity of his leadership, including: May 2000, Brown University, Honorary Doctor of Science Degree; July 2001, London Business School, Honorary Doctor of Science in Economics; May 2004, Claremont Graduate University, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters; May 2005, University of Michigan, Honorary Doctor of Science Degree, and May 2009, North Carolina State University, Honorary Doctor of Science Degree, May 2011, Illinois Institute of Technology, Honorary Doctor of Design; July 2013, Singapore Management University, Doctor of Information Systems, May 2014, Bates College, Honorary Doctor of Science; May 2015, Arizona State University, Honorary Doctor of Human Letters. He is an avid reader, traveler and motorcyclist. Part scientist, part artist and part strategist, JSB's views are unique and distinguished by a broad view of the human contexts in which technologies operate and a healthy skepticism about whether or not change always represents genuine progress.
Words from Charlie: Foreword to the 2016 Roundtable on Institutional Innovation Report
CHAPTER I: The Exponential Shift
CHAPTER II: Navigating a Whitewater World
CHAPTER III: Designing Organizations for Exponential Performance: Reports from the Field
CHAPTER IV: Is Government Hackable?
CHAPTER V: Understanding the Mechanics of Change
CHAPTER VI: Leading the New Organization: Lessons from Art Basal
CHAPTER VII: Conclusion
Adler, Richard
Brown, John Seely
Carl, Casey
de Maar, Andrew
Hagel, John
Harkness, Alaina
Hirshberg, Peter
Knell, Gary
Kunzweiler, John
Lampert, Edward
Marx, Peter
McChrystal, General Stanley
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O'Connell, Caroline
Pahlka, Jennifer
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Spiegler, Marc
Tewari, Gaurav
West, Harry
Westbrook, Kelvin
Deloitte Center for the Edge
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Target Corporation
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namespace PhpOffice\PhpPowerpoint\Tests;

use PhpOffice\PhpPowerpoint\IOFactory;
use PhpOffice\PhpPowerpoint\PhpPowerpoint;

/**
 * Test helper class
 */
class TestHelperDOCX
{
    /**
     * Temporary file name
     *
     * @var string
     */
    static protected $file;

    /**
     * Get document content
     *
     * @param \PhpOffice\PhpPowerpoint\PhpPowerpoint $PhpPowerpoint
     * @param string $writerName
     * @return \PhpOffice\PhpPowerpoint\Tests\XmlDocument
     */
    public static function getDocument(PhpPowerpoint $phpPowerpoint, $writerName = 'PowerPoint2007')
    {
        self::$file = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), 'PhpPowerpoint');
        if (!is_dir(sys_get_temp_dir() . '/PhpPowerpoint_Unit_Test/')) {
            mkdir(sys_get_temp_dir() . '/PhpPowerpoint_Unit_Test/');
        }

        $xmlWriter = IOFactory::createWriter($phpPowerpoint, $writerName);
        $xmlWriter->save(self::$file);

        $zip = new \ZipArchive;
        $res = $zip->open(self::$file);
        if ($res === true) {
            $zip->extractTo(sys_get_temp_dir() . '/PhpPowerpoint_Unit_Test/');
            $zip->close();
        }

        return new XmlDocument(sys_get_temp_dir() . '/PhpPowerpoint_Unit_Test/');
    }

    /**
     * Clear document
     */
    public static function clear()
    {
        if (file_exists(self::$file)) {
            unlink(self::$file);
        }
        if (is_dir(sys_get_temp_dir() . '/PhpPowerpoint_Unit_Test/')) {
            self::deleteDir(sys_get_temp_dir() . '/PhpPowerpoint_Unit_Test/');
        }
    }

    /**
     * Delete directory
     *
     * @param string $dir
     */
    public static function deleteDir($dir)
    {
        foreach (scandir($dir) as $file) {
            if ($file === '.' || $file === '..') {
                continue;
            } elseif (is_file($dir . "/" . $file)) {
                unlink($dir . "/" . $file);
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                self::deleteDir($dir . "/" . $file);
            }
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    }

    /**
     * Get file
     *
     * @return string
     */
    public static function getFile()
    {
        return self::$file;
    }
}

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La expresión partido carlista puede referirse a:
 El partido carlista (1833), que apoyaba al infante Carlos María Isidro de Borbón y a sus descendientes;
 El partido carlista (1869), uno de los nombres con que era conocido el carlismo como partido político;
 El Partido Carlista (1971), partido político refundado bajo el liderazgo de Carlos Hugo de Borbón-Parma.


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Home Technology Web Google's YouTube joins Netflix in the slow streaming blame game
Google's YouTube joins Netflix in the slow streaming blame game
By Preethi Keren -
Google has reportedly taken the Video Quality Report initiative a bit further with the report stating the causes of slow streaming, showing alongside videos for YouTube users, in an effort to prove that it is doing its job well.
Netflix was the first to start it earlier this year hinting that the poor streaming service of Verizon and other ISPs is what is causing videos to slow down or buffer for a long time.
Following the footsteps of Netflix, Google has started showing a video quality report to its users which explains users about the reasons of slow down.
The reports are available only for users in select few places. Google first rolled out the Video Quality Report for users based in Canada in May and extended the availability to the US along with a few other countries.
A blue bar is displayed below the YouTube video where the company encourages users to explore the factors causing the slow down. "Experiencing interruptions?" teases the message and a "Find out why" button, when clicked takes the user to the report explaining the video quality which includes the location of the user and their ISP.
The report includes other details such as the time of day, other user activity that could potentially affect the user's stream, whether or not the ISP is HD verified for a minimum of 720p streaming, etc. The message on the page also says that there are many factors which could affect the streaming speed and the quality of service delivered by the ISP could be one among them.
It's not clear as to when Google started displaying the blue bar, which is said to be for shaming ISPs. A YouTube spokesperson has made it clear that the blue bar was "about educating people, not shaming ISPs."
However, the ISPs are yet to comment and the chances for an optimistic response is very minimal.
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